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A Game of Murder (DVD)
June Barry, Murray Hayne, Diana King, Anthony Sagar, Lesley Carole, …
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R345
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Six-part thriller series from Francis Durbridge. When a famous
athlete (Anthony Sagar) dies on a golf course, his detective son
Jack (Gerald Harper) supects murder, despite the coroner's
misadventure verdict. In pursuit of the facts and events behind his
death, Jack embarks on a murder hunt that takes him into the seedy
underworld of the Soho red-light district. As the body count rises
Jack's suspicions are proved correct but will he be able to
discover the mystery behind it all?
The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the
history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies
rubbed shoulders with British artists, sculptors and writers The
Isokon building, also know as Lawn Road Flats, in London was the
haunt of some of the most prominent Soviet agents working against
Britain in the 1930s and 40s, among them Arnold Deutsch, the
controller of the group of Cambridge spies who came to be known as
the "Magnificent Five" after the Western movie The Magnificent
Seven; the photographer Edith Tudor-Hart; and Melita Norwood, the
longest-serving Soviet spy in British espionage history
(andinspiration for Judi Dench's character in Red Joan). However,
it wasn't only spies who were attracted to the Lawn Road Flats. The
crime writer Agatha Christie wrote her only spy novel N or M? in
the Flats, and anumber of other artists, architects and writers
were also drawn there, among them the Bauhaus exiles Walter
Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Marcel Breuer; the sculptors and
painters Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth; the novelist Nicholas
Monsarrat; the writer and founder of The Good Food Guide Raymond
Postgate; and the poet (and Bletchley Park intelligence officer)
Charles Brasch. The Isokon building boasted its own restaurant and
dining club, wheremany of the Flats' most famous residents rubbed
shoulders with some of the most dangerous communist spies ever to
operate in Britain. Agatha Christie often said that she invented
her characters from what she observed going on around her. With the
Kuczynskis - probably the most successful family of spies in the
history of espionage - in residence, she would have had plenty of
material. This book tells the story of a remarkable Modernist
building and its even more extraordinary cast of characters. DAVID
BURKE is a historian of intelligence and international relations
and author of The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op: Melita Norwood
and the Ending of Cold War Espionage and Russia and the British
Left: From the 1848 Revolutions to the General Strike.
The British government has taken steps to halt the prosecution of
soldiers responsible for the deaths of civilians in Northern
Ireland, most of whom had no connection to paramilitary activities.
These killings were part of a ruthless dirty war that commenced in
1970 when Brigadier Frank Kitson, a counter-insurgency specialist,
was sent to Northern Ireland. Kitson had spent decades in Britain's
colonies refining old, and developing new, techniques which he
applied in Northern Ireland. He became the architect of a
clandestine war, waged against Nationalists while ignoring Loyalist
atrocities. Kitson and his colleagues were responsible for: * The
establishment of the clandestine Military Reaction Force (MRF)
which carried out assassinations on the streets of Belfast of
suspected IRA members; * They unleashed the most violent elements
of the Parachute Regiment [1 Para] to terrorise Nationalist
communities which, they adjudged, were providing support for the
Official and Provisional IRA; * Spreading black propaganda designed
to undermine Republican but not Loyalist paramilitary groups; *
Deployed psychological warfare techniques, involving the torture of
internees; * Sent Kitson's 'Private Army' - Support Company of 1
Para - to Derry where they perpetrated the Bloody Sunday massacre.
The British Widgery and Saville inquiries did not hold Kitson and
his elite troops accountable for Bloody Sunday. Kitson's Irish War
lays bare the evidence they discounted: Kitson's role in the events
leading up to and surrounding that massacre; evidence from a
deserter from 1 Para who joined the IRA; a deceitful MI5 agent; a
courageous whistle blower whom the British state tried to
discredit, and much more, all of which points to a motive for the
attack on the Bogside. This book unlocks the some of the key
secrets of the Dirty War that the British government is still
determined to cover-up.
In 1933, the celebrated German economist Robert Kuczynski and his
wife Berta arrived in Britain as refugees from Nazism, followed
shortly afterwards by their six children. Jurgen, known to be a
leading Communist, was an object of considerable concern to MI5.
Ursula, codenamed Sonya, was a colonel in Russia's Red Army who had
spied on the Japanese in Manchuria, while MI5 also kept extensive
files on her four sisters, Brigitte, Barbara, Sabine and Renate. In
Britain, Ursula controlled the spies Klaus Fuchs and Melita
Norwood, without whom the Soviet atomic bomb would have been
delayed for at least five years. Drawing on newly released files,
Family Betrayal reveals the operations of a network at the heart of
Soviet intelligence in Britain. Over seventy years of espionage
activity the Kuczynskis and their associates gained access to
high-ranking officials in the government, civil service and justice
system. For the first time, acclaimed historian David Burke tells
the whole story of one of the most accomplished spy rings in
history.
A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies
and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood.
On September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page
article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40
years. The spy who came in from the Co-op." Melita Norwood, the
last of the atomic spies, hadfinally been run to ground, but at 87
she was deemed too old to prosecute. Her crime: the shortening of
the Soviet Union's atomic bomb project by up to 5 years. At a time
when the world faces fresh dilemmas caused by the proliferation of
nuclear weapons, this is the remarkable story of a much earlier
drama. After the atomic bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
August 1945, British and American intelligence estimated the
earliest date for the production of a Soviet bomb to be 1953. In
fact, the Soviet Union went nuclear in 1948, and tested an atomic
bomb in 1949. The Soviet Union's bomb coincided with the onset of
The Cold War, and threatened humankind with extinction. Melita
Norwood was a member of one of those communist spy networks in
America and Britain, who by guaranteeing those weapons of mass
destruction threw down a challenge to America as sole superpower in
the post-Second World War era. This fascinating book sets her in
the context of the times, and uses her as a prism and focus through
which to investigate the whole milieu. Dr DAVID BURKE is a
Supervisor for the Rise of the Secret World: Governments and
Intelligence Communities since 1900 at the University of Cambridge.
From the nature of the material itself and the history of American
folk music which foretold it, to the legacy and influence on later
generations of musicians, an exploration of the classic 20th
century album that sees its 30th anniversary in 2012 In January
1982, Bruce Springsteen recorded a set of demos in his New Jersey
bedroom--a follow up to "The River," the double album issued in
1980 which had reached the top of the Billboard charts.
Expectations were grand, and these demo recordings promised an
impressive album. However, after a series of sessions with the E
Street Band spent working on the material, Springsteen felt these
new recordings failed to capture the intimacy of the home demos and
made the incredible decision to eschew the expensive, state of the
art productions, and release the crude, home recorded version of
the album. Almost 30 years later, "Nebraska" is considered a
classic, not only among Springsteen's canon but among the entire
body of work recorded during the 20th century. The album captured
the public's imagination, reached #3 on the Billboard, and added a
new, darker side to Springsteen's public persona. Springsteen's
fanbase is awash with rumors that an anniversary edition of
Nebraska will include the elusive studio recordings and tracks not
included on the original album--to which the author has had access
and has discussed here.
Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years. This
greatly expanded and thoroughly updated reference surveys the
literature on the corticospinal control of spinal cord circuits in
human subjects, showing how different circuits can be studied,
their role in normal movement and how they malfunction in disease
states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised,
reviewing, for each pathway, the experimental background,
methodology, organisation and control, role during motor tasks and
changes in patients with CNS lesions. Each chapter concludes with a
helpful resume that can be used independently of the main text to
provide practical guidance for clinical studies. The final four
chapters bring together the changes in transmission in spinal and
corticospinal pathways during movement and how they contribute to
the desired movement. This book is essential reading for research
workers and clinicians involved in the study, treatment and
rehabilitation of movement disorders.
In the early 1970s, Sir Maurice Oldfield of the British Secret
Service, MI6, embarked upon a decade-long campaign to derail the
political career of Charles Haughey. The English spymaster believed
Haughey was a Provisional IRA godfather, therefore, a threat to
Britain. Oldfield was assisted by unscrupulous British agents and
by a shadowy group of conspirators inside the Irish state's
security apparatus, all sharing his distrust of Haughey. Escaping
scrutiny for their actions until now, Enemy of the Crown examines
more than a dozen instances of their activities. Oldfield was
conspiratorial by nature and lacked a moral compass. Involved in
regime change plots and torture in the Middle East, in the Republic
of Ireland he engaged with convicted criminals as agent
provocateurs as well as the exploitation of pedophile rings in
Northern Ireland. He and his spies engaged in dirty tricks as they
ran vicious smear campaigns in Ireland, Britain and the US. MI6 and
IRD intrigues were deployed to impede Haughey's bid to secure a
position on Fianna Fail's front bench and any return to
respectability. London's hateful drive against Haughey saw no
let-up after Fianna Fail's triumphal return to power in 1977 which
saw them win a large majority of seats in the Dail. When Haughey
sought a place at Cabinet, Oldfield and his spies devised more
dirty tricks to impede him. While Haughey was suspicious of MI6
interference, he had no inkling of the full extent of London's
clandestine efforts to destroy him. By circulating lurid stories
about him, they played a major part in trying to prevent him
succeed Jack Lynch as Taoiseach in 1979. This book attempts to shed
light on some of the anti-Haughey conspiracies which took place
during the period of the late 1960s right through to the early
1980s.
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The Rivals (DVD)
Paul Reynolds, Chris Bianchi, Carli Norris, Anna Madeley, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, …
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R393
Discovery Miles 3 930
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Live theatre production of Richard Sheridan's first play. A
portrait made of material from his own life, the play follows the
story of Sheridan's scandalous marriage to a popular singer and the
characters he came to know in Bath. This performance was recorded
at Bristol Old Vic in 2004.
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Ghost Stories: Volume 5 (DVD)
Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens, David Burke, Simon Linnell, Neil Findlater, …
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R411
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Discovery Miles 970
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Double bill of supernatural dramas adapted by the BBC from the M.R.
James ghost stories. In 'A View from a Hill' (2005) historian Dr.
Fanshawe (Mark Letheren) visits his friend, Squire Richard (Pip
Torrens), and, having broken his own binoculars, borrows a pair
through which, as he soon discovers, he can see an old abbey that
existed hundreds of years ago next to the hanging site of Gallows
Hill. Curious, Fanshawe investigates but finds himself haunted by
evil spirits. In 'Number 13' (2006) Professor Anderson (Greg Wise)
is staying in room 12 of a local hotel while working in a cathedral
town to authenticate historical documents. After being disturbed at
night, Anderson discovers that a previously missing room 13 has
appeared. As his work produces evidence of witchcraft activity, he
finds himself continually awoken from his sleep and, before long,
he decides to find out what lies beyond door number 13...
The study of Marxism in Britain throws light on what many
historians have referred to as `the enemy within'. In this book,
David Burke looks at the activities of Russian political emigres in
Britain, and in particular the role of one family: the Rothsteins.
He looks at the contributions of Theodore and Andrew Rothstein to
British Marxism and the response of the intelligence services to
what they regarded as a serious threat to security. With access to
recently released documents, this book analyses the activities of
early-twentieth century British Marxists and brings to life the
story of a remarkable family.
In May of 1970, two government ministers were dismissed from
Cabinet for allegedly purchasing guns for the IRA. The Taoiseach
Jack Lynch disavowed any knowledge of the plot. Few believed him.
Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance, a captain in Irish military
intelligence along with two others were put on trial. All were
acquitted. Haughey refused to talk about the crisis for the rest of
his life. Fianna Fail endured decades of splits, turmoil and
leadership heaves. Until now, no one has revealed the pivotal role
of an IRA informer in the affair. The part he played became the
best-kept State secret of the last half-century. The book also
reveals a dirty tricks campaign by Britain's Foreign Office to
conceal the ancillary role of a British agent called Capt.
Markham-Randall in the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on the eve of
the eruption of the Arms Crisis.
This book covers three interdependent areas; 1) Readiness for
learning, 2) Teaching language skills, and 3) Learning together.
These provide a foundation for teaching that can bring our children
into a more creative relationship with their own language.
What starts out as a covert military operation to exterminate all
the Taliban goat herds in Afghanistan quickly ends up going badly
awry! The dead goats suddenly reanimate and begin attacking their
herders. Soon the entire Afghan population becomes an army of
undead, spreading fear and devastation throughout the region. Stick
close to a special Ranger unit as they flee from Afghanistan,
traveling through Turkmenistan to Kazakhstan and into southern
Russia, where they sneak aboard the Trans-Siberian Express to
Vladivostok. These men unknowingly carry with them the possible
cure to the rampant plague. However, before they reach their
destination, they are joined by a veteran US Army colonel and a
beautiful female US Navy ensign who have their own agendas. This
unlikely band of Americans eventually seizes a Russian trawler to
make their way to Alaska, where even more surprises await them
while crossing Canada to the US border.
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